More Mzuzu shots

 

 

 

 

Makuzi Beach (still chinteche, just down the shore)

 

 

 

So Darian slept in the shower. I love those portable cribs.

 

Halloween when your parents have little-to-no-crafty skills and you live in Malawi

 

 

Kian dressed up as "sharkman". Notice the homemade foil hat.

 

He won "scariest costume" at the American Embassy Halloween party because he was being judged against 8 princesses. He was giving his scariest face for sure though

 

The mask didn't last very long.

Happy Mother's Day Again

 

Mother's Day in Malawi is October 13. Jeff was pleased to hear that he would have another opportunity to celebrate mother's day since he didn't get me anything the first time around (in May). Kian made me a beautiful glass poem thing that I loved. And Jeff commissioned these two men to make me a big chocolate cake. It was awesome. We swam at the pool and Jeff made tacos. One of the best meals I've had since we've been here.

 

 

 

Oh and the three of you who read this may wonder why we haven't posted for a long time. We had a burglary at our house while we were away in Chinteche (pictures posted above) and so we moved to another place and its been pretty much chaos.

Embassy Halloween party

 

So the Americans in Malawi pulled out all of the stops for this party. It was unbelievable. They had trick-or-treating tables, a fortune teller, haunted house, and lots of really cool made-in-china american toys and american candy.

 

Everyone was fighting over the Reeses peanut butter cups and hersheys because they don't sell those here. I made sure Kian got a good stash of those.

 

 

Too bad Darian couldn't get his own bag. I love that Kian is still at the age where he doesn't care or notice that I eat all of the good stuff out of his candy while I "keep it safe" for him.

Mzuzu

 

We went to Mzuzu for a week (Northern Malawi) so Jeff could visit some of the neighborhood clinics that Baylor works with and see some patients.

 

Kian had an amazing time with all of the kids. For some reason the house we were staying at (another Baylor doctor's) was the place to be. Somehow even though he didn't speak chichewa (or ngona) the kids all understood each other and played anyway.

 

Darian had a great time being carried around with a chitenche. Though it didn't have the same effect on him as it does on most kids. Most babies just fall asleep, Darian just tried to wriggle out of it and grab Grace's hair.

 

Chinteche Beach

 

We traveled to the Northern part of Malawi to one of the prettiest stretches of sandy beach in Malawi.

 

And of course Darian had to have a good mouthful of sand. This is exactly what he looked like the whole time, except maybe when we washed him at night.

 

The water slopped so gradually that it was perfect for Kian. Kian is actually learning how to swim and loved diving under the "waves" with his dad.